> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 1 17:15:55 2002 > Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 17:34:47 -0700 (MST) > From: Yves Dorfsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LPRng: multiple "-o" option > > > > > > Has anybody run into problem with lprng and multiple -o options ? > > > > > > We have a Solaris print server that talks to all kinds of printers, among > > > those hp ones, and it uses the hpnp HP software to talk to them. > > > > > > We have Solaris workstations that use the Solaris lp to talk to the > > > server. > > > > > > And a few HPUX machine on which I had to install lprng in order to talk to > > > the Solaris print server (the HPUX "lp" doesn't send the "-o" option). > > > This is where I am having problems now. If I use only one "-o" option then > > > it works, but if I send more than one, it ignores them all... > > > > > > We are using LPRng 3.8.2. Anybody's got any idea ? > > > > On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Patrick Powell wrote: > > > Could you indicate what the hierarch is? > > > > i.e. > > > > hp lp -> solaris lp -> lprng > > > solaris lp --> solaris (lpd + hp hpnp) works > lprng lp --> solaris (lpd + hp hpnp) problem > > > > Yves. > ---- > Yves Dorfsman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~dorfsmay
You want to have LPRng send its options using the 'right' solaris LPD option. You have two choices: S or O depending on the vintage of the systems. # lprng printcap # Purpose: prefix control file line to line, "Z O" -> Z to O, "OS Z" does O and S to Z # default prefix_option_to_option= (STRING) lp:prefix_option_to_option=Z S :[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
